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Cast
- Michael Eric KramerCarl Willat (as Michael Kramer)
- Matt DillonRitchie White
- Pamela LudwigCory
- Vincent SpanoMark Perry
- Andy RomanoFred Willat
- Ellen GeerSandra Willat
- Tom FergusClaude Zachary
- Harry NorthupSgt. Doberman
- Julia PomeroyJulia
- Tiger ThompsonJohnny
Recommendations
- 80
Time Out
Script, photography and performances (including Dillon before he decided to become a teenage Stallone) are all top notch, while Kaplan directs with pace, imagination, and a fine ear for dialogue and music. - 80
Newsweek
Over the Edge is a rabble-rouser--and a good, tough, darkly funny movie to boot. [28 Dec 1981, p.65] - 78
Austin Chronicle
The young Dillon effortlessly portrays the thuggish Richie, and Kramer is believable as the misunderstood kid turned miscreant. Add a pulsating soundtrack featuring the Ramones, Van Halen, and Cheap Trick, and you have a vibrant depiction of confused teen life. - 75
Chicago Sun-Times
Over the Edge is a funeral service held at the graveside of the suburban dream. It tells a ragged story that ends with an improbable climax, but it's acted so well and truly by its mostly teen-age cast that we somehow feel we're eavesdropping. - 75
TV Guide Magazine
Perceptive, kinetic and entirely believable. - 75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Over The Edge is a good, dangerous film, and it's good in part because it is dangerous - it puts you in touch with these kids' frustrations, and it allows you to feel the relief an explosion brings. [25 June 1982] - 70
The New York Times
A lot of Over the Edge is awkwardly acted and motivated, but it is staged with such vivid efficiency and concern that, as you watch it, you are frequently caught halfway between a giggle and a gasp. - 60
Chicago Reader
Part wish fulfillment and part social moralizing, the film never resolves its point of view, but a few of the apocalyptic images stay in the mind.
